How to get there - From Kirkwall take the A964, just past the Hobbister Nature Reserve turn left. There is plenty of parking along this road and easy access to the mark via a footpath at the car park.
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Features – A very shallow sandy bay with low weed covered rock either side. Because the beach is shallow it is best to fish this bay not from the beach but from the rock either side. Anywhere along from the footpath is ideal. Casting from the rocky areas will enable you to reach the deeper channels along the low water line. The beach will fish best two hours either side of low water. You are likely to encounter Turbot, Plaice, Dabs, Flounder, Thornback Ray and Whiting in the bay, with Codling in close by the weed covered rocks.

Baits – Turbot will take frozen sandeel or long Mackerel strips fished on a 2 hook rig. Plaice and Dabs should fall to most baits including lugworm, squid or mackerel fished on a two hook rig. Thornback Rays will be caught using a single hook paternoster with a longer 3ft (92cm) hook length fished with Mackerel, Squid or a combination bait of both. The Cod will fall to lugworm or mussel fished on a standard one hook paternoster rig.

Mussels can be picked on some of the rocks around Waulkmill Bay, but it’s best to come prepared with bait.

Tackle – A standard 5 to 6 oz beachcaster is ideal for this terrain. If fishing for the Cod down the edges its worth tackling up with a heavier/larger sized reel capable of holding 300-yards (275m) of 25lb (11.34kg) line as it can be quite rough.